diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumTree.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumTree.svelte
index db74a366..e2aa74c2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumTree.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumTree.svelte
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 	type Layout
 } from '$lib/person/genealogy/layout/buildLayout';
 import { type PanZoomState, clampZoom, ZOOM_STEP_KB } from '$lib/person/genealogy/panZoom';
+import { panZoomGestures } from '$lib/person/genealogy/panZoomGestures';
 
 type PersonNodeDTO = components['schemas']['PersonNodeDTO'];
 type RelationshipDTO = components['schemas']['RelationshipDTO'];
@@ -67,6 +68,22 @@ $effect(() => {
 const gutterVisible = $derived(showGutter ?? isMdOrUp);
 const gutterWidth = $derived(gutterVisible ? GUTTER_WIDTH_DESKTOP : 0);
 
+// Reduced-motion preference disables pan inertia and animated transitions
+// (REQ-PAN-005). Seeded synchronously like the gutter state above.
+const REDUCED_MOTION_QUERY = '(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)';
+let reducedMotion = $state(
+	typeof window !== 'undefined' && typeof window.matchMedia === 'function'
+		? window.matchMedia(REDUCED_MOTION_QUERY).matches
+		: false
+);
+$effect(() => {
+	if (typeof window === 'undefined' || typeof window.matchMedia !== 'function') return;
+	const mq = window.matchMedia(REDUCED_MOTION_QUERY);
+	const handler = (e: MediaQueryListEvent) => (reducedMotion = e.matches);
+	mq.addEventListener('change', handler);
+	return () => mq.removeEventListener('change', handler);
+});
+
 type GutterRow = { rank: number; y: number; label: number | null };
 const gutterRows = $derived.by<GutterRow[]>(() => {
 	if (gutterWidth === 0) return [];
@@ -236,6 +253,15 @@ const parentLinks = $derived.by<ParentLinks>(() => {
 	aria-label="Stammbaum"
 	tabindex="0"
 	onkeydown={handleCanvasKey}
+	use:panZoomGestures={{
+		state: panZoom,
+		baseW: baseDims.w,
+		baseH: baseDims.h,
+		baseCentreX: baseCentre.x,
+		baseCentreY: baseCentre.y,
+		reducedMotion,
+		onPanZoom
+	}}
 	class="block h-full w-full"
 >
 	<!-- Gutter stripe underlay (#689) — decorative full-row bands alternating
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumTree.svelte.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumTree.svelte.test.ts
index c5fb3715..901de407 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumTree.svelte.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/StammbaumTree.svelte.test.ts
@@ -549,6 +549,35 @@ describe('StammbaumTree keyboard pan/zoom (#692)', () => {
 		expect(onPanZoom.mock.calls[0][0].y).toBeGreaterThan(0);
 	});
 
+	it('pans on a pointer drag and suppresses the trailing node click (US-PAN-001)', async () => {
+		const onPanZoom = vi.fn();
+		const onSelect = vi.fn();
+		render(StammbaumTree, {
+			nodes: [{ id: ID_A, displayName: 'Anna', familyMember: true }],
+			edges: [],
+			selectedId: null,
+			// Zoomed in so panning is permitted (clampPan allows movement at z>1).
+			panZoom: { x: 0, y: 0, z: 2 },
+			onPanZoom,
+			onSelect
+		});
+		const svg = document.querySelector('svg')! as SVGSVGElement;
+		const node = document.querySelector('g[role="button"]') as SVGGElement;
+
+		const opts = (x: number) => ({ pointerId: 1, clientX: x, clientY: 100, bubbles: true });
+		svg.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent('pointerdown', opts(100)));
+		svg.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent('pointermove', opts(160)));
+		svg.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent('pointerup', opts(160)));
+
+		expect(onPanZoom).toHaveBeenCalled();
+		// Dragging right reveals content to the left → pan x decreases.
+		expect(onPanZoom.mock.calls.at(-1)![0].x).toBeLessThan(0);
+
+		// The synthetic click after a real drag must not select the node.
+		node.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('click', { bubbles: true }));
+		expect(onSelect).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
 	it('does not call onSelect for other keys', async () => {
 		const onSelect = vi.fn();
 		render(StammbaumTree, {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/panZoom.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/panZoom.test.ts
index bea6f2d9..441c3b76 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/panZoom.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/panZoom.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 	screenDeltaToSvg,
 	zoomAtPoint,
 	recentreOn,
+	clampPan,
 	DEFAULT_VIEW,
 	DEFAULT_ZOOM,
 	LEGIBLE_ZOOM,
@@ -145,3 +146,23 @@ describe('recentreOn', () => {
 		expect(recentreOn(node, base, { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0.4 }, false).z).toBe(0.4);
 	});
 });
+
+describe('clampPan', () => {
+	// Base frame is 1000 x 800.
+	it('forbids panning when the whole tree fits (z <= 1)', () => {
+		expect(clampPan({ x: 200, y: -100, z: 1 }, 1000, 800)).toEqual({ x: 0, y: 0, z: 1 });
+		expect(clampPan({ x: 50, y: 50, z: 0.5 }, 1000, 800)).toEqual({ x: 0, y: 0, z: 0.5 });
+	});
+
+	it('allows panning up to the edge when zoomed in (no infinite scroll)', () => {
+		// At z=2 the viewBox is 500 wide → limit = (1000 - 500) / 2 = 250.
+		expect(clampPan({ x: 1000, y: 0, z: 2 }, 1000, 800).x).toBe(250);
+		expect(clampPan({ x: -1000, y: 0, z: 2 }, 1000, 800).x).toBe(-250);
+		// Vertical limit at z=2: (800 - 400) / 2 = 200.
+		expect(clampPan({ x: 0, y: 999, z: 2 }, 1000, 800).y).toBe(200);
+	});
+
+	it('leaves an in-range pan untouched', () => {
+		expect(clampPan({ x: 100, y: -50, z: 2 }, 1000, 800)).toEqual({ x: 100, y: -50, z: 2 });
+	});
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/panZoom.ts b/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/panZoom.ts
index 9110bb10..3190ed3c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/panZoom.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/panZoom.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,20 @@ export function zoomAtPoint(
 	};
 }
 
+/**
+ * Clamp the pan offset so the canvas cannot be dragged off the edge (US-PAN-001
+ * AC4 — no infinite scroll). The pannable range on each axis is half the
+ * difference between the base frame and the (smaller) zoomed viewBox; when the
+ * whole tree fits (z ≤ 1) the range collapses to zero, so the view stays centred.
+ */
+export function clampPan(state: PanZoomState, baseW: number, baseH: number): PanZoomState {
+	const clampAxis = (pan: number, base: number) => {
+		const limit = Math.max(0, (base - base / state.z) / 2);
+		return Math.min(limit, Math.max(-limit, pan)) || 0; // normalise -0 → 0
+	};
+	return { x: clampAxis(state.x, baseW), y: clampAxis(state.y, baseH), z: state.z };
+}
+
 /**
  * Pan so a node sits at the viewBox centre (US-PAN-005). Because the viewBox
  * centre is `baseCentre + pan` independent of zoom, centring is a pure pan:
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/panZoomGestures.ts b/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/panZoomGestures.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5955645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/person/genealogy/panZoomGestures.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+import type { Action } from 'svelte/action';
+import {
+	clampPan,
+	clampZoom,
+	screenDeltaToSvg,
+	zoomAtPoint,
+	ZOOM_STEP_KB,
+	type PanZoomState
+} from '$lib/person/genealogy/panZoom';
+
+export interface PanZoomGesturesParams {
+	/** The authoritative view state (re-synced at the start of each gesture). */
+	state: PanZoomState;
+	/** Base viewBox geometry at z=1 (includes the gutter) — see StammbaumTree. */
+	baseW: number;
+	baseH: number;
+	baseCentreX: number;
+	baseCentreY: number;
+	/** When true, inertia is skipped and motion stops on release (REQ-PAN-005). */
+	reducedMotion: boolean;
+	onPanZoom: (state: PanZoomState) => void;
+	/** Fired on the first pointer of a gesture (used to dismiss the affordance). */
+	onGestureStart?: () => void;
+}
+
+/** Pointer movement (px) below which a drag is treated as a tap, not a pan. */
+const DRAG_THRESHOLD_PX = 4;
+const INERTIA_DECAY = 0.92;
+const INERTIA_MIN_SPEED = 0.02; // svg units per ms
+
+/**
+ * Touch/mouse/wheel pan & zoom for the Stammbaum canvas (#692). Thin DOM glue:
+ * all geometry is delegated to the pure helpers in `panZoom.ts`. One-finger
+ * drag and left-button drag pan; two-finger pinch and Ctrl+wheel zoom around the
+ * gesture centroid; plain wheel pans. Pan is edge-clamped and a real drag
+ * suppresses the trailing node click. Inertia decays after release unless the
+ * user prefers reduced motion.
+ */
+export const panZoomGestures: Action<SVGSVGElement, PanZoomGesturesParams> = (node, params) => {
+	let p = params;
+	let current = p.state;
+
+	const pointers = new Map<number, { x: number; y: number }>();
+	let dragging = false;
+	let moved = false;
+	let lastX = 0;
+	let lastY = 0;
+	let lastTime = 0;
+	let velX = 0;
+	let velY = 0;
+	let pinchStartDist = 0;
+	let pinchStartZoom = 1;
+	let inertiaFrame = 0;
+	let suppressClick = false;
+
+	const emit = (next: PanZoomState) => {
+		current = clampPan(next, p.baseW, p.baseH);
+		p.onPanZoom(current);
+	};
+
+	const viewBoxW = () => p.baseW / current.z;
+	const viewBoxH = () => p.baseH / current.z;
+
+	// Convert a client point to its anchor offset from the base viewBox centre.
+	const anchorOffset = (clientX: number, clientY: number) => {
+		const rect = node.getBoundingClientRect();
+		const w = viewBoxW();
+		const h = viewBoxH();
+		const fracX = rect.width > 0 ? (clientX - rect.left) / rect.width : 0.5;
+		const fracY = rect.height > 0 ? (clientY - rect.top) / rect.height : 0.5;
+		const svgX = p.baseCentreX + current.x - w / 2 + fracX * w;
+		const svgY = p.baseCentreY + current.y - h / 2 + fracY * h;
+		return { x: svgX - p.baseCentreX, y: svgY - p.baseCentreY };
+	};
+
+	const distance = (a: { x: number; y: number }, b: { x: number; y: number }) =>
+		Math.hypot(a.x - b.x, a.y - b.y);
+
+	const cancelInertia = () => {
+		if (inertiaFrame) cancelAnimationFrame(inertiaFrame);
+		inertiaFrame = 0;
+	};
+
+	const runInertia = () => {
+		if (p.reducedMotion) return;
+		if (Math.hypot(velX, velY) < INERTIA_MIN_SPEED) return;
+		const step = () => {
+			const before = current;
+			emit({ ...current, x: current.x - velX * 16, y: current.y - velY * 16 });
+			velX *= INERTIA_DECAY;
+			velY *= INERTIA_DECAY;
+			const stalled = current.x === before.x && current.y === before.y;
+			if (!stalled && Math.hypot(velX, velY) >= INERTIA_MIN_SPEED) {
+				inertiaFrame = requestAnimationFrame(step);
+			} else {
+				inertiaFrame = 0;
+			}
+		};
+		inertiaFrame = requestAnimationFrame(step);
+	};
+
+	const onPointerDown = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+		cancelInertia();
+		try {
+			node.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+		} catch {
+			/* pointer not capturable (e.g. synthetic event) — drag still works */
+		}
+		pointers.set(e.pointerId, { x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY });
+		p.onGestureStart?.();
+
+		if (pointers.size === 1) {
+			current = p.state; // re-sync from the authoritative state
+			dragging = true;
+			moved = false;
+			lastX = e.clientX;
+			lastY = e.clientY;
+			lastTime = performance.now();
+			velX = 0;
+			velY = 0;
+		} else if (pointers.size === 2) {
+			const [a, b] = [...pointers.values()];
+			pinchStartDist = distance(a, b) || 1;
+			pinchStartZoom = current.z;
+			dragging = false;
+		}
+	};
+
+	const onPointerMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+		if (!pointers.has(e.pointerId)) return;
+		pointers.set(e.pointerId, { x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY });
+
+		if (pointers.size >= 2) {
+			const [a, b] = [...pointers.values()];
+			const dist = distance(a, b) || 1;
+			const centroid = { x: (a.x + b.x) / 2, y: (a.y + b.y) / 2 };
+			const anchor = anchorOffset(centroid.x, centroid.y);
+			const targetZoom = clampZoom(pinchStartZoom * (dist / pinchStartDist));
+			emit(zoomAtPoint(current, targetZoom, anchor.x, anchor.y));
+			moved = true;
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (!dragging) return;
+		const dxPx = e.clientX - lastX;
+		const dyPx = e.clientY - lastY;
+		if (!moved && Math.hypot(dxPx, dyPx) >= DRAG_THRESHOLD_PX) moved = true;
+
+		const { dx, dy } = screenDeltaToSvg(
+			dxPx,
+			dyPx,
+			viewBoxW(),
+			viewBoxH(),
+			node.clientWidth,
+			node.clientHeight
+		);
+		const now = performance.now();
+		const dt = Math.max(1, now - lastTime);
+		velX = dx / dt;
+		velY = dy / dt;
+		lastTime = now;
+		lastX = e.clientX;
+		lastY = e.clientY;
+		emit({ ...current, x: current.x - dx, y: current.y - dy });
+	};
+
+	const onPointerUp = (e: PointerEvent) => {
+		pointers.delete(e.pointerId);
+		try {
+			if (node.hasPointerCapture?.(e.pointerId)) node.releasePointerCapture(e.pointerId);
+		} catch {
+			/* nothing to release */
+		}
+
+		if (pointers.size === 0) {
+			if (dragging && moved) {
+				suppressClick = true;
+				runInertia();
+			}
+			dragging = false;
+		} else if (pointers.size === 1) {
+			// Dropped from pinch to a single pointer — resume a clean drag.
+			const [only] = [...pointers.entries()];
+			dragging = true;
+			moved = true;
+			lastX = only[1].x;
+			lastY = only[1].y;
+			lastTime = performance.now();
+		}
+	};
+
+	// A drag ends with a synthetic click on the node underneath; swallow it so a
+	// pan does not also select a person (US-PAN-001).
+	const onClickCapture = (e: MouseEvent) => {
+		if (suppressClick) {
+			e.stopPropagation();
+			e.preventDefault();
+			suppressClick = false;
+		}
+	};
+
+	const onWheel = (e: WheelEvent) => {
+		e.preventDefault();
+		if (e.ctrlKey) {
+			const factor = e.deltaY < 0 ? 1 + ZOOM_STEP_KB : 1 / (1 + ZOOM_STEP_KB);
+			const anchor = anchorOffset(e.clientX, e.clientY);
+			emit(zoomAtPoint(current, clampZoom(current.z * factor), anchor.x, anchor.y));
+			return;
+		}
+		const { dx, dy } = screenDeltaToSvg(
+			e.deltaX,
+			e.deltaY,
+			viewBoxW(),
+			viewBoxH(),
+			node.clientWidth,
+			node.clientHeight
+		);
+		emit({ ...current, x: current.x + dx, y: current.y + dy });
+	};
+
+	node.style.touchAction = 'none';
+	node.addEventListener('pointerdown', onPointerDown);
+	node.addEventListener('pointermove', onPointerMove);
+	node.addEventListener('pointerup', onPointerUp);
+	node.addEventListener('pointercancel', onPointerUp);
+	node.addEventListener('click', onClickCapture, true);
+	node.addEventListener('wheel', onWheel, { passive: false });
+
+	return {
+		update(next: PanZoomGesturesParams) {
+			p = next;
+			if (!dragging && pointers.size === 0 && !inertiaFrame) current = next.state;
+		},
+		destroy() {
+			cancelInertia();
+			node.removeEventListener('pointerdown', onPointerDown);
+			node.removeEventListener('pointermove', onPointerMove);
+			node.removeEventListener('pointerup', onPointerUp);
+			node.removeEventListener('pointercancel', onPointerUp);
+			node.removeEventListener('click', onClickCapture, true);
+			node.removeEventListener('wheel', onWheel);
+		}
+	};
+};
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/stammbaum/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/stammbaum/+page.svelte
index e6171534..2f6f3bea 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/stammbaum/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/stammbaum/+page.svelte
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ function zoomOut() {
 		</div>
 	{:else}
 		<div class="flex flex-1 overflow-hidden">
-			<div class="flex-1 overflow-auto bg-muted/20">
+			<div class="flex-1 overflow-hidden bg-muted/20">
 				<StammbaumTree
 					nodes={data.nodes}
 					edges={data.edges}